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OwlSA
Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2011-02-17 02:11 PM



FOCUS
31 July 2003

Like a tiny, furry moth
to a flame in the wind
I circle
harmony
spiralling in and out
and burn
with the passion of peace
when it singes my soul
for a gentle moment.

Owl

© Copyright 2011 Diana van den Berg - All Rights Reserved
Spiros Zafiris
Senior Member
since 2002-10-20
Posts 982
Canada
1 posted 2011-02-17 05:04 PM


..this poem, Owl, shoots up to the spiritual
realms, for a shared participation, in delivery (a singing together)..but, at the same time, it returns to the Acropolis,
of ancient Athens and scoops up some mighty
lyricism from there; i like it much..>>spiros

faithmairee
Senior Member
since 2011-01-05
Posts 1441
Poe Haven, USA
2 posted 2011-02-17 11:59 PM


WOW, Owl...you are amazing...beautiful gem you've got here.  Love it!

There must be a poem in here somewhere.

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California
3 posted 2011-02-18 05:14 AM


I love the way you are able to go so deep without losing your readers in a tangle of useless words, Diana. Genius.
                                Ida

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
4 posted 2011-02-19 10:59 AM


Thank you, Spiros. I love your comment, and I fell in love with Ancient Greece (and Ancient Egypt) at the age of 7, and have always loved it passionately.  I met Ancient Greece in 1978 and fell in love with it more deeply than ever, but hadn’t given modern Greece a passing thought until I met it and fell madly in love with it too.  I am so glad you use your real name here, and not a nom de plume, as it gives me a taste of my beloved Greece.

Thank you, Faith for your lovely comments.

Ida, I think that is one of the most beautiful things that has ever been said to me about my poetry – and such a poetic way of putting it.  Thank you.

Owl

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